Haley Barbour has refused to meet with President Obama for the third time

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http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=12607492

NAACP says Governor Barbour isn't doing enough

Posted: Jun 07, 2010 12:08 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 07, 2010 6:35 PM CDT

<snip>Jealous said our state needs more national attention, and he believes Governor Haley Barbour is to blame for that.

"For weeks we've been expecting the governor would come out and say more and ask for more help, actually meet with our president when he's here. You know, he's come down here three times, and each time, Mr. Barbour has refused to meet with him."

President Obama's most recent visit came Friday, when he was in Louisiana to meet with governors of the gulf states. But, Governor Barbour's office said the governor wasn't able to attend because he was in New York on business. Jealous called that unacceptable.

"I'm sorry, but when the president comes to your state and the people in your state are sort of facing this sort of danger to their livelihood people are facing here, you come down to meet with him and you figure out how to help them. That's what Jindal has done. That's what Barbour hasn't done."

[aquart]

1. Any chance Mississippi will toss Barbour overboard?

Preferably in the area of an oil plume?

[WI_DEM]

2. Barbour is a racist pig.

[otohara]

3. Asshole

I get the feeling he revels in his ass-holiness.

[zazen]

4. Barbour reminds me of a stock actor on "Carter Country"

[guitar man]

7. he reminds me of this guy

[gratuitous]

5. Barbour angling for the 2012 Republican nomination?

Curious; this is the first I've heard of Gov. Barbour being otherwise occupied when the President came down for his visits. I wonder what the media reaction might have been had a Democratic public official failed to hop to when George W. came along for a Katrina-related photo op?

[napi21]

Other than being an AH, maybe he's afraid of the charlie Crist treatment?

Actually, I think he's in enial. He keeps saying "The baches are FINE & the fishing is fine! Come on down!"

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6. Considering how these three states voted in 2008, Obama has been more than generous to them

It would be unfortunate if that had to change.